Garment fastener



Oct. 30 1923.

R. A. NOWAK GARMENT FASTENER Filed Aug.' 28. 1922 Patented @et 30, i923.

RICHARD ANTON NOVAK, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

GARMENT FASTENER.

Application :tiled August 28, 1922.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD AN'roN Nowen, a citizen of the UnitedStates.7 and a resident of lortland, county of Multnoniah, State ofGregori, have invented a new and useful Garment Fastener, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in garment fasteners andits particular object is to provide a device of the character describedthat will iilispense with the buttons and buttonholes now commonlj7 usedfor that purpose. A further .object of the Invention is to. provide afastener of this character that can be cheaply constructed and is easilyoperated.

With these objects in mind i have shown the preferred form of myinvention in the accompanying drawing in which Figure l represents aperspective View of the two members of my fastener, Figure 2 a sideelevation of the two members in their intercled relation, partly shownin section, and gure 8 a perspective view of one of the membersdisclosing` additional features of the same. While I have shown only thepreferred form of the invention, l wish to Vhave it understood thatvarious changes or modiiicat-ions might bev made within the vscope ofthe claims hereto attached without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

My garment fastener comprises two principal portions, the receivingmember (l) and the engaging member The fornler consists preferably of astrip of. metal bent into lil-shape, one of the legs (3) being providedwith perforations (a), by means of which it may be secured to one edgeof the garment (6) as shown at The base portion (8) of the U-shapedmember is provided with a slot (9) communicating with a recess (ll) ofsmaller dimensions so as to form shoulders (12). The eXtreme end of thesecond leg (13) of the U-shaped member runs out into curved projections(lat), curved inwardly for the purpose of protecting other garmentslying underneath the garment to be fastened.

The engaging member (2) comprises a Serial No. 584,888.

flat strip of metal (i6) perforated as shown 50 at (17) and providedwith a projection (i8) bent upon itself as shown at (19) so as to form asubstantially YJ-shaped spring. The eXtreme end of the spring terminatesin a perpendicular arm which is nar- 56 rower than the width of thespring so as to form the shoulders The arm carries in its top cnd abutton (2-l-) which may he secured thereto in an artistic n'ianner, asby the crown (2G) shown in the drawing. The 6o engaging member issecured to the other edge of the garment as shown at (28).

lhe operation of the device will be readily understood by the foregoingdescription. 'l'o fasten the garment it is only neces- 66 sary tointroduce the 'll-shaped spring of the engaging member through the slotof the receiving member. During this process the spring is compresseduntil its eXtreme end has passed the slot when it will eXpanl and theshoulders of the spring engage the shoulders of the recess (ll). in thisposition the two members are interloclred and can be disengaged from oneanother only by depressing the upper leaf of the spring by means of thebutton which allows the spring to be withdrawn through the slot (9).

l claim:

in a garment fastener a U-shaped receiv` so ing member having a slot inits base, a recess adjacent to the slot forming shoulders in thematerial and a plural.;T of pei-forations in one of its legs forreceiving'means for fastening the same to one edge of the garment, andan engaging member comprising a plate having perforations thereinallowing the same to be fastened to the other edge of the lgarment andhaving a projection turned upon itself ladapted to be forced so throughthe slot terminating in a perpendicular arm forming shoulders with thesame adapted to co-operate with the shoulders in the receiving member inlocking the two members, the corners of the free leg of the receivingmember being bent inwardly to prevent injury to adiacent garments.

RICHARD ANTON N UWAK.

